Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
“Dead names can be a really tricky thing for trans people. Essentially, after a legal name change, you really just want to leave that behind. So, having to repeatedly tell people, it's not an easy process emotionally.”
“We need to be going well beyond what the IPCC has said what the global average should be, which is 45 per cent (reduction in emissions). Civil society groups have said that 60 per cent is a good fair share.”
O’Toole’s defence of increasing for-profit involvement in the public healthcare system relies on similar talking points made by provincial Conservative politicians in Alberta and Ontario in recent years.
We examined comments the party leaders made on abortion, the climate emergency, Indigenous people, policing, housing, child care and pharmacare.
Last night, federal party leaders Justin Trudeau (Liberal), Erin O’Toole (Conservative), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Francois Blanchet (Bloc) and Annamie Paul (Green) took part in the second French language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Quebec.
Politicians and observers have continued to comment on Monday’s incident in which Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau and two others were hit by gravel thrown by a crowd of far-right, anti-vaccine demonstrators.
“The gig economy is coming for everybody's jobs. Changing the labour laws in Canada to match what an international corporation wants is not in favour of working-class people, and it will not only apply to gig workers.”
The federal government gave a $35,000 grant to the Ukrainian Youth Unity Council’s cultural centre through Public Safety Canada’s “Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Program.”
O’Toole insists that he condemns racism, is pro-choice and accepts the reality of climate change. However, many observers remain skeptical about O’Toole’s level of commitment to those positions.